Pathological Suffixes Flashcards by Derrick Chuong

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What is the suffix for pain?

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-agia, dynia

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What is the suffix for a hernia/swelling

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-cele

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What is the suffix for Dilation or expansion?

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-ectasis

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What is the suffix for swelling?

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-edema

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What is the suffix for vomiting?

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-emesis

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What is the suffix for a blood condition?

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-emia

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What is the suffix for a abnormal condition (produced by something specific?)

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-iasis

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What is the suffix for inflammation?

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-itis

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What is the suffix for stone or calculus?

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-lith

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What is the suffix for softening?

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-malacia

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What is the suffix for enlargement?

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-megaly

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What is the suffix for a tumor

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-oma

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What is the suffix a abnormal condition; increase?

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-osis

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What is the suffix for disease?

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-Pathy

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what is the suffix for deficiency or decrease?

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-penia

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What is the suffix for fear?

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-phobia

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What is the suffix for paralysis?

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-plegia

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What is the suffix for a bursting (of)?

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-rrhage, rrhagia

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What is the suffix for a discharge or flow?

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-rrhea

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What is the suffix for a rupture?

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-rrhexis

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What is the suffix for a narrowing, or stricture?

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-stenosis

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What does the Suffix -Otomy refer to?

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Refers to cutting or making an incision.

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-ostomy

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Refers to creating an opening (a stoma), from an area inside the body to the outside.

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What does the term “alkalemia” mean?

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Decreased hydrogen ion concentration in the blood

Which of these terms refers to: blood vessels

Angio

Meaning for the suffix -cyte

Cell

Meaning for the suffix -ism

Condition or disease

Meaning for the suffix -ectomy

Surgical Removal

Meaning for the suffix =al

Pertaining to

Meaning for the suffix -gram

picture or record

Meaning for the suffix -emia

Refers to the blood, or a blood condition

Meaning for the suffix --oxia

Pertains to O2

Meaning for the suffix -phasia

Pertains to speech

Meaning for the suffix -ic

Pertaining to

Meaning for the suffix -ology

Study of

Meaning for the suffix -pathy

Disease

Meaning for the suffix -algia

Pain